Crehan: Early 25GbE Adoption Faster than 10GbE
The adoption of 25GbE gigabit Ethernet (GbE) is off to a much stronger start than either 10GbE or 40GbE, according to a new Server-Class Adapter & LAN on-Motherboard (LOM) Report...
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LightCounting expects Ethernet transceivers to drive silicon photonics market
LightCounting, in a research note on the silicon photonics (SiP) market, has reiterated its forecast for the product segment based on updated projections for sales of Ethernet and DWDM transceivers,...
ABI forecasts NFV market to reach $38bn by 2022
According to ABI Research's latest Network Functions Virtualization Tracker and Forecasts report, after a slower start than initially anticipated, the network function virtualisation (NFV) market is set to experience moderate...
IDC reports China smarphone sales up 1%
According to market research firm IDC in its latest Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 104.1 million smartphones were shipped to China in the first quarter of 2017, up 1% year on...
LightCounting reports record optical networking market in '16
Market research firm LightCounting finds in its latest Optical Communications Market Forecast report that while demand for optical networking equipment, modules and components attained record levels in 2016, the market...
ABI: Cloud Deployments to take off after 2020, driven by roll-out of 5G
ABI Research predicts in its Telco Cloud Framework and Deployment Roadmaps study that large-scale telco cloud deployments will attain critical mass after 2020, in parallel with the deployment for 5G...
IDC: Accelerating IT Infrastructure Spending for Public Clouds
Total spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switches) for deployment in cloud environments will increase 15.3% year over year in 2017 to $41.7 billion, according to...
LightCounting Forecasts Optics Sales to top 4 ICPs
LightCounting, in its latest High-Speed Ethernet Optics report, finds that demand for Ethernet optics from leading Internet content providers (ICPs) continues to rise, with sales to the Top 4 ICPs...
ABI reports 2bn LTE Subscribers Accounting for 67% of mobile traffic
According to the latest Mobile Networks Biannual Update report from ABI Research, the mobile telecoms landscape is evolving rapidly, with national 4G deployments nearing completion in most markets worldwide and...
ABI Reports 16.5m LTE-A Pro subs in 2016 and Forecasts 641m by 2021
ABI Research finds in its report, LTE-Advanced Pro/4.5G: Bridging the Gap to 5G, that as LTE-Advanced Pro deployments gain momentum the technology, which offers an upgrade from current LTE-Advanced networks,...
IDC: Worldwide Ethernet Switch Market up in Q4
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6.7 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2016 (4Q16), an increase of 3.5% year over year, according to the International...
Crehan: Branded Data Center Ethernet Switch Revenue Tops $10B in ’16
Branded data center Ethernet switch sales exceeded $10 billion in 2016, according to the latest report from Crehan Research Inc. The report notes that this revenue level, a record, was...
Vertical Systems: 2016 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD
Orange and Colt retained the top two positions on Vertical Systems Group's year-end 2016 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD. The results are as follows (in rank order based on retail port...
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